HiDock launches P1 AI voice recorder with HiNotes 3.0
HiDock has launched the P1 AI voice recorder, paired with its HiNotes 3.0 software platform.
The product targets professionals who want to record calls and meetings through their own Bluetooth earphones, including Apple AirPods, instead of using meeting bots or software plug-ins.
The recorder works across services including Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, FaceTime, WhatsApp and Discord. Through its BlueCatch system, it can capture both sides of a call and offers three recording modes for different settings.
Call Mode is for phone calls and online meetings. Room Mode is for group discussions without earphones. Whisper Mode is for short personal notes and low-volume recordings, activated by a long press on the device.
The P1 also includes bi-directional noise cancellation to filter background noise from both ends of a conversation. This is intended to improve recording clarity and transcription accuracy in settings such as shared workspaces, airports and cafés.
A physical bookmarking tool called VoiceMark lets users flag moments in a recording with a button press. Those markers then appear in HiNotes, allowing users to jump to selected points instead of reviewing a full recording from start to finish.
The recorder has 64GB of local storage, battery life of up to eight hours of continuous recording, support for 75 languages, and compatibility with Windows and macOS.
Retail pricing is set at USD $169, with free transcription and AI summaries included.
Software update
Alongside the hardware launch, HiDock has updated HiNotes to version 3.0. The revised software adds a new three-pane layout and dashboard focused on turning recorded speech into notes, tasks and categorised files.
One of the main additions is automatic to-do extraction, which identifies action points in recordings and links them to the moment they were discussed. Another feature, Whisper Notes, lets users combine several short voice recordings into a single structured document.
HiNotes 3.0 also introduces Smart Labels for automatic categorisation and support for AI models including GPT-5.4, GPT-4.1, Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Gemini 3.1 Pro. The platform also includes more than 30 summary templates, custom prompts, improved speaker identification, and integrations with Notion and Google Docs.
The software now includes live transcription and translation for multilingual conversations in languages including English, Chinese and Japanese. The feature works in Call Mode and Room Mode and includes an option to generate transcripts and summaries without storing audio recordings.
That recording-free option addresses growing scrutiny around biometric privacy, particularly for businesses and users that do not want to retain voice files. During the beta stage, live sessions support up to one hour of continuous transcription.
HiDock was founded in 2014 and says its audio digital signal processing technology has been used in more than 500,000 devices. Its customers have included Acuity Brands, Bang & Olufsen, Lavazza, Iveco, Newline and TP-Link.
The launch places HiDock in a market where hardware makers and software providers are building tools around meeting capture, transcription and post-call organisation, with privacy, portability and ease of use becoming more prominent buying factors.
The P1 is designed to work with existing Bluetooth earphones and remove the need for meeting bots, while HiNotes 3.0 is intended to organise transcripts, tasks and summaries in a single interface.